Keg or vessel.



.A. J. MOXHAM.

KBG 0R VESSEL.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.23, 1905.

\ 902,594. l Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

E u u WlTl/ESSES: IN VEN TUR A Troni/EVS ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, OF WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.

KEG on VESSEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. s, 1908.

Application led January 23, 1905. Serial No. 2&2,248.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. MOXHAM, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at IVilmington, county of Newcastle, and State of Delaware, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Kegs or Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a keg or vessel, formed of pulp, paper, orsimilar iieXible material, in which the heads shall be seated in, and securedto, the body of the vessel, in such a manner as to form a complete closure of the package, so that the contents shall be air tight and impervious to moisture. Generally speaking, I accomplish this object by forming the body of the vessel with a circumferential groove near each end and placing therein a head provided with a iiange, the :fiange portion being expanded or pressed into the groove. Preferably I form an internal shoulder or seat at each end with the circumferential groove beyond the shoulder. The heads are seated upon these shoulders and the projecting flanges pressed or forced into the grooves. Preferably I also interpose between the points of contact of the head and body an adhesive material. This construction forms a practically air tight union between the heads and the body and also fully protects the contents of the vessel from moisture.

I Will first describe the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and then specifically point out the invention in the claims.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section in perspective of the body partly formed. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section showing heads in position, but not securely fastened. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the vessel. Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section of the completed keg or vessel.

Describing first the preferred embodiment shown in Figs. 1-4, A designates the body of the vessel. This vessel is made of pulp, paper, or similar material. Upon each end of this vessel is'formed an internal projection or shoulder o.. by several means. Preferably it is formed by compressing or reducing the thickness of the ends of the body beyond the point where the shoulder is desired. In close proximity This shoulder may be formed l to this shoulder, and between it and the ends, I form, at each end of the body, an internal circumferential groove. This groove may be rolled or formed in any desired manner.

B B represent the heads.- These heads are provided with flanges b. The heads are placed within the body so that each rests upon one of the shoulders with its iange projecting toward the end of the body. The

flange of each head is then rolled or otherwise expanded, so that it is compressed or forced into its groove at o or c', as shown in Fig. 4. By this means, the heads B, B are firmly locked in, and secured to, the body A. Preferably, I more firmly secure them by applying an adhesive material between the body and the head at the points where the two contact.

D is the stopper, also preferably made of pulp, paper, or similar material. This stopper is in the form of a screw plug, and is fitted into a threaded orifice in one of the heads. I do not intend to limit myself to this form of stopper, nor to the method by which it is secured in the head, as either or both may be varied without departing in any way from my invention.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire to protect by Letters Paten is- 1. keg or vessel, formed of pulp, paper, or similar material, comprising a body pory tion provided with an internal shoulder near each end thereof, and a circumferential groove beyond each of said shoulders, heads, each having a vertical ange projecting therefrom seated upon said projections, the iiange of each head being compressed into its corresponding groove.

2. A keg or vessel, formed of pulp, paper or similar material, comprising a body pornear one end, and a circumferential groove said shoulder, said head having a vertical ange projecting therefrom, said flange being compressed into said groove.

3. A keg or vessel, formed of pulp, paper lor similar material, comprising a body portion provided with an internal shoulderv near each end thereof, and a circumferential groove beyond each of said shoulders, heads seated upon said projections, each head havl,ing a vertical flange projecting therefrom, j the ange of each head being compressed tion provided with an internal shoulder y beyond said shoulder, a head resting upon into its corresponding groove, and adhesive ing compressed into said groove, and adhematerial between the head and body at the sive material between the head and body at points of Contact. the points of contact.

4. A keg or vessel, formed of pulp, paper, In testimony of which invention, I have or similar material, comprising a body orhereunto set my hand, at Wilmington Del., i5 tion provided with an internal shou der on this 17th day of January, 1905.

near one end, and a circumferential groove ARTHUR J. MOXHAM. beyond said shoulder,- a head resting upon Witnesses: said shoulder, said head having a vertical L. R. BEARDSLEE,

10 lange projecting therefrom, said flange be- DAVID B. CURLETT. 

